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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
7
Chief Whitney of the State police testified before the special recess committee on child labor at the State House that the law banning work beyond 54 hours weekly is being violated in Boston in the Back Bay swell tailoring shops.
Chief Whitney charges inspectors were barred from sites and cites a Back Bay work room in a tenement. Inspector Cobb says monthly rounds miss thorough checks. Witnesses note enforcement gaps in tailoring shops. Mayor O'Donnell testifies Lowell will choose a tuberculosis hospital site within 30 days with projected costs rising to 6600 this year. Brockton to explain hospital-building compliance next week.
A Grecian bust of a young girl about five years old, claimed to be 3000 years old and priceless, was found today by Baltimore police in the cellar of Greek confectioner Charles Nemphos in Hampden suburb. The piece was said to have been stolen 15 years ago from the National Museum in Athens.
La Crosse Wisconsin July 22 a Chicago widow of Wilfred B Frost who died in Chicago February 28 arrived in La Crosse and reconciled with the La Crosse widow. The two women then left for Chicago agreeing to live together for the rest of their lives with the children.
A heart shaped floral bed opposite the Washington statue on Arlington Street near Commonwealth Avenue commemorates the upcoming Knights of Columbus convention in August. Designed by Captain John H. Dillon the bed forms the order emblem with a Maltese cross and symbols including a skull and cross bones, the letters T. F. M. M. and the year 1913, featuring echeverias and other blooms in a tasteful arrangement.
Edmonton dispatch reports fierce forest fires burning between Tete Jaune Cache and Jasper in Yellow Head Pass. About 10 miles long and 2 miles wide burned over, with flames moving rapidly and threatening lives near the Nacacho river as firefighters race to check the blazes.
On the Cunard liner Laconia 183 saloon 211 second cabin and 350 steerage passengers sailed from East Boston for London to attend the International Medical Congress August 6 to 12. Notable travelers include Dr Edmund H Stevens Cambridge and Dr Fred Jouett Cambridge among others.
Five firemen were injured when a blaze at Haverhill gutted the Winter Street School, a city landmark. Fire Captain George F. Walker suffered a serious head injury from a falling skylight and was hospitalized under observation at Hale Hospital. The fire threatened the nearby million-dollar St James Church and caused more than 30 thousand dollars in damage.
Mrs. Eugene N. Foss and Miss Helen Foss sailed home on the Franconia from Liverpool. Helen, recovering from scarlet fever in Paris, with twin Esther already back, are youths noted for riding and horse shows. Their Paris school days featured French study and music, with trips to Rome and San Moritz.
The novena in honor of St Ignatius Loyola began at the Church of the Immaculate Conception and runs until August 3 with a high mass and panegyric planned. Revs Stedler Kelly Geoghan McCormick Rafferty Kenzell and McDonnell feature in related assignments and health updates as Knights of Columbus delegates prepare to visit Charlestown pastor Rev James N Supple.
William Brown Meloney writes a powerful sea background story to appear in next Sunday's Post Magazine. The piece is described as remarkably fine with a strong narrative.
At Stratford near Columbus Ohio a Columbus Delaware and Marion traction car crashed through a temporary bridge over the Olentangy River injuring fifteen people three seriously. The car stood upright with front trucks on the river bank and rear on the bridge.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children will provide carriages for children brought to police stations where only a patrol wagon is available. After a Somerville case in which six children were taken to the station by wagon, the society moved to furnish carriages.
Funeral services were conducted for Judge Alford W. Cooley, former Assistant Attorney General and New Mexico Supreme Court justice, at the Church of Our Saviour Brookline. Harvard colleagues and family attended as Rev Reginald Heber Howe led the ceremony with Albion Quartet singing two hymns. The procession included New York and Boston attorneys as ushers. widow Mrs Susan Dalton Cooley and son James were present. Cooley died Saturday evening after a long illness and a prior trip from Silver City to Providence for treatment. Burial followed at Longmeadow near Springfield.
A feature teaser for next Sunday’s Post Magazine highlights a remarkable series titled How I Earned My First Dollar. It promises insights from Vice-President Marshall ex-Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Senator Gardner of Maine.
An attractive group of textiles and dresses including crepe voiles and linen fabrics. The Lot 2 dress is a Russian model crepe de chine with silk shadow lace collar cuffs and jabot, Persian silk trimmings, and sash. Available in afternoon shades in sizes 32 to 44.
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